Clarification for those unfamiliar with NPM: The weekly downloads on NPM do not indicate individual manual project installs. They include every download includ

Clarification for those unfamiliar with NPM: The weekly downloads on NPM do not indicate individual manual project installs. They include every download including automatically through `npm install` from package.json, and often further automation via CI tools (which is where the vast majority of download numbers come from on all npm packages). These amplify the numbers significantly. i.e While they are a proxy for popularity, it can only be used relatively.